[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 20CFR228.1]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 228_COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 228.1  Introduction.




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
228.1 Introduction.
228.2 Tier I and tier II annuity components.

                 Subpart B_The Tier I Annuity Component

228.10 Computation of the tier I annuity component for a widow(er), 
          disabled widow(er), remarried widow(er), and a surviving 
          divorced spouse.
228.11 Computation of the tier I annuity component of a widow(er) with a 
          child in care, remarried widow(er) with a child in care, or a 
          surviving divorced spouse with a child in care.
228.12 Computation of the tier I annuity component of a child's 
          insurance annuity.
228.13 Computation of the tier I annuity component of a parent's 
          insurance annuity.
228.14 Family maximum.
228.15 Reduction for age.
228.16 Adjustments in the age reduction factor (ARF).
228.17 Adjustments to the widow(er)'s, disabled widow(er)'s, surviving 
          divorced spouse's, and remarried widow(er)'s tier I annuity 
          amount.
228.18 Reduction for public pension.
228.19 Reduction for a social security benefit.
228.20 Reduction for an employee annuity.
228.21 Entitlement as a spouse or divorced spouse and as a survivor.
228.22 Entitlement to more than one survivor annuity.
228.23 Priority of reductions.
228.40 Cost of living increase applicable to the tier I annuity 
          component.

                 Subpart C_The Tier II Annuity Component

228.50 Tier II annuity component widow(er), child, or parent.
228.51 Takeback amount.
228.52 Restored amount.
228.53 Spouse minimum guarantee.
228.60 Cost-of-living increase.

    Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

    Source: 60 FR 16368, Mar. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) What does this part include? This part includes the computation 
of a widow(er)'s, disabled widow(er)'s, remarried widow(er)'s, surviving 
divorced spouse's, parent's, and child's insurance annuity under the 
Railroad Retirement Act. This part describes the two annuity components 
or tiers which are included in these annuities. The tier I annuity 
component, which may be payable in all of the above annuities, is 
described in subpart B of this part. Subpart C of this part describes 
the tier II annuity component which is only applicable to the 
widow(er)'s, disabled widow(er)'s, parent's, and child's annuity.
    (b) Other relevant parts. (1) Part 225, Primary Insurance Amount 
Determinations, describes the various types of primary insurance amounts 
which form the basis of the computation of the tier I annuity component 
described in this part.
    (2) Part 216, Eligibility for an Annuity, describes the eligibility 
requirements for receipt of the annuity computations described in this 
part.